the Complexion Connexion

I'm glad to say I'm excited about music again. Last
we convened, that wasn't necessarily the case. However, my tinnitus is
being cared for, the warm sunshine and several recent events - calling
the cues for the Crucible's, 'Firebird' fire ballet (which allowed me
to dig into Stravinsky) and attending the Coachella music festival last
weekend (which reignited the music fan in me) - have raised me spirits.

Did I mention that I am excited about music?! Yes. for starters,
I've got some East Bay shows and a short West Coast tour with two
extremely talented NYC based players, Rob Price and David Grollman.
Every time we've performed our brand of NY improv/noise it has really
clicked. There are two future collaborations in the works - a sexy
rocknroll band with Mark Growden and Seth Ford-Young and a
Bollywood/surf band with my friend Chris Cummings. And the amazing
score to The Overdub Club's 'Nightsoil' film is nearing
completion...damn, i can't TYPE fast enough...

IMPORTANT DETAIL #1: The KINGTONE WEBSITE
has been totally overhauled and I am really happy and excited about it.
There's lots of new music, pics and a blog. There's even an exclusive
Mp3 Vault that only people subscribed to this list can access. Go check
it out - here's the code: bollocks

IMPORTANT DETAIL #2: ALL OF MY RELEASED MUSIC is now available as
high quality mp3s via the Kingtone website for the price of $25. That's
right, everything. What a deal. You can pick and choose or download all
of it. Plus, that will get you access to a treasure trove of archived
and unreleased material that I'll be posting for the rest of the year.

Mon May 12 - 8.30pIvy RoomSan Pablo @ Solano, Albany, CA Strangelet (Suki
O'Kane and I) will make experimental noise with a groove (or not). This
oughta be interesting considering the decor and vibe of the new
'Kingman's Ivy Room.' I suggest you all come to see if we get kicked
out.

Surfing around I found an interesting series of interview video clips of Tom Wolfe by Peter Robinson (Hoover Institution, sponsored by the National Review online).

Here, the author talks about his work and his interest in neuroscience.

There's chat of Wolfe's widely-discussed piece that ran in Forbes in the mid-1990's called, "Sorry, But Your Soul Just Died," about which he admits to making the mistake of "conflating neuroscience with genetic theory ... they are very different things".